Nothing complicated about it. If you use untreated lumber it won't last long. SIL built one for daughter, using an old shower door with aluminum frame and hinges and the translucent glass for top.
Key points are to build the frame facing the south. Frame is slightly angled, suspect you need a little sharper angle there than here in SC, but it's not critical. SIL made provision for propping the top slightly open so the inside can be cooled down some when the sun heats it up too much. It's closed at night or in snowy weather. Put in good soil, plant seeds and water. Don't over water because water vapor will be trapped inside and will recirculate. Soil should be damp but not real wet. Be sure enough dirt is around the bottom of the wood to keep cold air out. Might have to insulate with hay depending on how cold it gets there.
Daughter has also made miniture greenhouses by getting some half circle heavy wire and sticking the ends in the ground. At the peak of the half circle they are maybe 20 inches high. Clear plastic is draped over the wire and the edges weighted down against the wind. She first tried clipping the plastic to the wire with clothes pins but found it wasn't necessary if all the edges were held down. You know you can't get good clothes pins now, the best Chinese ones aren't too strong and the cheaper ones might hold a small lace handkerchief on in a slight breeze? Anyway, she prepares the soil and plants seed before putting the plastic up.
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